{"id":15145586,"date":"2026-06-06T19:21:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T23:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/help-wanted-organizing-a-protest-against-bill-c-22\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T20:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T00:20:12","slug":"help-wanted-organizing-a-protest-against-bill-c-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/help-wanted-organizing-a-protest-against-bill-c-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Help wanted: Organizing a protest against Bill C-22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- SC_OFF --><\/p>\n<div class=\"md\">\n<p>[Bill C-22, the &quot;Lawful Access&quot; Act](<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parl.ca\/DocumentViewer\/en\/45-1\/bill\/C-22\/first-reading\">https:\/\/www.parl.ca\/DocumentViewer\/en\/45-1\/bill\/C-22\/first-reading<\/a>), has been widely panned by privacy experts, security experts, industry leaders, and even the government&#039;s own Privacy Commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>It is currently being forced through SECU by the Liberals (with significant pushback by MPs of every other party) without regard for proper procedure: MPs are being forced to deliberate clause-by-clause without witness briefs because translators aren&#039;t available and the Liberals do not want to wait. They have stated the intention to sign this bill into law **in less than two weeks**<\/p>\n<p>There&#039;s a [petition](<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourcommons.ca\/petitions\/en\/Petition\/Details?Petition=e-7416\">https:\/\/www.ourcommons.ca\/petitions\/en\/Petition\/Details?Petition=e-7416<\/a>) circulating, but it probably won&#039;t be enough on its own. People have been writing emails to the [SECU](<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourcommons.ca\/Committees\/en\/SECU\">https:\/\/www.ourcommons.ca\/Committees\/en\/SECU<\/a>), but so far they&#039;ve fallen on deaf ears.<\/p>\n<p>I&#039;m hoping to find people who care enough to help organize something that&#039;s harder to ignore: an actual protest on Parliament Hill. I am willing to work hard, but I recognize the value of experience.<\/p>\n<p>I have no intention of getting rowdy or breaking any laws, but pushback needs to be visible and so I feel a protest is necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Please message me if you think you can lend a hand<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- SC_ON --> &#032; submitted by &#032; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/psychoCMYK\"> \/u\/psychoCMYK <\/a> <br \/> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ottawa\/comments\/1tyq9ph\/help_wanted_organizing_a_protest_against_bill_c22\/\">[link]<\/a><\/span> &#032; <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ottawa\/comments\/1tyq9ph\/help_wanted_organizing_a_protest_against_bill_c22\/\">[comments]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ottawa\/comments\/1tyq9ph\/help_wanted_organizing_a_protest_against_bill_c22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">News &#8211; Ottawa Reddit Hot<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Bill C-22, the &quot;Lawful Access&quot; Act](https:\/\/www.parl.ca\/DocumentViewer\/en\/45-1\/bill\/C-22\/first-reading), has been widely panned by privacy experts, security experts, industry leaders, and even the government&#039;s own Privacy Commissioner. It is currently being forced through SECU by the Liberals (with significant pushback by MPs of\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15145603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15145586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ottawa"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15145586-output_-1_0.jpg",1920,1072,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15145586-output_-1_0-300x168.jpg",300,168,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15145586-output_-1_0-620x346.jpg",620,346,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15145586-output_-1_0-768x429.jpg",768,429,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15145586-output_-1_0-940x525.jpg",940,525,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15145586-output_-1_0-1536x858.jpg",1536,858,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15145586-output_-1_0.jpg",1920,1072,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15145586-output_-1_0-998x665.jpg",998,665,true],"ignition_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15145586-output_-1_0-670x446.jpg",670,446,true],"ignition_item_lg":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15145586-output_-1_0-1340x894.jpg",1340,894,true],"ignition_article_media":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15145586-output_-1_0-510x510.jpg",510,510,true],"ignition_minicart_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15145586-output_-1_0-160x160.jpg",160,160,true],"profile_24":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15145586-output_-1_0-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15145586-output_-1_0-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15145586-output_-1_0-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15145586-output_-1_0-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15145586-output_-1_0-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"news.iNthacity","author_link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/author\/atombo\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/articles\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ottawa<\/a>","tag_info":"Ottawa","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15145586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15145586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15145586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15145602,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15145586\/revisions\/15145602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15145603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15145586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15145586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15145586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}